Ethical dealings respect the feelings and emotions of the bereaved, provide respect to the deceased's body, and refrain from taking economic advantage of consumers making funeral or memorial purchases.

FEO's mission is to promote ethical dealings in all death-related transactions by working for better understanding of ethical issues among funeral, cemetery, memorial industry practitioners, law enforcement, organ procurement organizations, and state agencies, as well as better understanding between these and the general public.

FEO will be a resource for:

Consumers

Funeral industry members

Organ and tissue procurement agencies and willed body programs

Law enforcement

Media

Legislators.

FEO will:

Develop and promote a funeral ethics textbook

Research industry trends

Study consumer behavior

Publish a quarterly newsletter

Develop a consumer rights pamphlet and urge states to require monument dealers, casket and vault sellers, cemeterians, funeral directors, direct disposition services, and preneed sales people to distribute it prior to any sales discussion